One of Hollywood’s most entertaining BFF duos is back at it, as Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are hyping audiences up for their 2026 movie release The Rip, which is one of Netflix’s big 2026 premieres early in the year. Fan can expect to see a ton of action, as evidenced by The Rip’s latest trailer, but don’t expect to see the two dad-bod-boasting stars scuffling in real life, not even when it was addressed that Damon’s wife originally had eyes for Affleck.
The Dogma co-stars popped up on The Howard Stern Show, a place where only the most wholesome and innocent conversations happen. When the esteemed host asked Affleck if he was present when Damon and future-spouse Luciana Barroso met, the Oscar winner joked that history would have been changed if he had, sparking Damon to share the following anecdote.
